Spanish-American Institute

Faculty Meeting and Workshop Minutes

Meeting Date and Time: February 4, 2012, 10 am to 2 pm

Present: Pearson Longman: Regina Snyder, Pearson, Christian Cavage, Janay Phillips and; former Faculty member Fatman Kikilashvili and Spanish-American Institute faculty and staff listed below:

First Name	Last Name	First Name	Last Name
Galyna	Andryushchenko	Maria A.	Machado
Jenny	Arbai	Erlinda	Manliclic
Tetiana	Bobrysheva	Melvin	Marcus
Olesya	Brazhnikova	Madina	Marzhokhova
F. Ann	Bush	Zoryana	Matiychyk
Myriam	Chalek	Semen	Mere-Mere
Drissa	Compaore	Marina	Nisimov
Ana M.	Diaz	Anna	Pliner
Gladys	Diaz	Emiliano C	Ramos
Iliyana	Dimitrova	E. Karina	Rodriguez
Leonila	Dolina I, Dr.	Ivelisse	Rymer
Loreen	Dolina Ruck	Paul	Schiffman
Lina	Eco	Thomas S.	Schwenke
Dilyara	Engulatova	Svetlana	Sergeeva
Anvar	Ergashev	Alumna U.	TULDANES
Dante	Ferraro	Sukhrob	Ulmasov
Libertad	Grajo	Carmen	Vargas
Edwin	Guevara	Svetlana	Vedernikova
Alfiya	Khalikova	Bouchra	Zouhairi
Lyudmila	Klavtsen	Angie	Gomez
Kyu Sun	Ko

Minutes – Topics Discussed

Accreditation Update: Preparation for ACICS visit continues. Visit is scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, March 5 & 6. CEA committees continue working on Self-study. Dates for visit have not been determined.

Revised Classroom Rosters: Columns to record and capture student progress on Vocabulary, Reading, Grammar and Listening are now included on the attendance/grade rosters for each class. This additional information will assist in identifying student learning outcomes, i.e. what the student knows or can do as a result of the course of instruction.

MyEnglishLab Workshop: Representatives from Pearson conducted a hands-on workshop where students could practice navigation on the application. During the workshop students

• Viewed a presentation on an overview of the features on MyEnglishLab,
• Facilitators from Pearson distributed the logon ids and passwords to teachers attending the workshop,
• Facilitators walked participants through navigation techniques, explaining how to logon, identifying both the Teacher and Student views in MyLab, reviewing the purpose of the icons, as well as important terminology used in the application and
• Participants were given time to practice the navigation techniques and demonstrate their understanding of the MyLab features by answering a series of exercises and having a group discussion on how MyLab will strengthen the course curriculum and better document student learning outcomes.

Faculty Satisfaction Survey was distributed before the meeting and collected after the meeting. Results were tabulated

At 1:15 pm the meeting adjourned to a luncheon gathering at Tony of Naples on 43Street where informal discussions of the day's topics continued until dusk.

The hands-on exercises (questions and answers) are found below:

Workshop Survey: Participants were asked to complete an evaluation at the end of the workshop. 21 Participants completed the survey. The results are as follows:

The meeting/workshop was adjourned at 2:00 pm and the faculty was invited to a luncheon at midtown restaurant.